Barbacoa Not Quite Chili With Dumplings Food

BARBACOA

Steps:

• Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat. Place the dried guajillo chiles into the skillet and cook, turning occasionally, until the color changes and the chiles have puffed, about 5 minutes. Set the chiles aside to cool for a moment. Meanwhile, toast the cumin and cloves in the hot skillet until the cumin seeds begin to pop; remove from the pan and set aside. Remove and discard the stems, seeds, and veins of the chiles, and place into a small bowl. Pour the boiling water over top, and cover. Let the chiles soak for 1 hour.
• Grind the toasted cumin and cloves into a powder, and place into a blender. Add the ancho chile powder, onion, garlic, oregano, thyme, vinegar, and lime juice. Remove the chiles from the soaking water, and place into the blender along with 1/3 cup of the soaking liquid. Cover, and blend until a smooth paste forms.
• Place the beef roast into a mixing bowl, and pour the guajillo chile past over top. Coat the roast on all sides with the paste, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Transfer the roast and marinade to a roasting pan, and arrange the bay leaves over top. Cover tightly with aluminum foil. Bake in the preheated oven until the meat is very tender and is easily pulled apart with a fork, about 6 hours. Let stand, covered, at room temperature for 1 hour before discarding the bay leaves and shredding with two forks.

CHILI WITH CORNBREAD DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• In a large skillet heat vegetable oil. Add chopped onion and garlic and sauté just a few minutes to the flavors to blend.
• Add ground beef and cooked until browned. Add oats and incorporate well.
• Add beans, spaghetti sauce, chicken broth and seasonings; simmer 20 minutes.
• Spoon chili into a sprayed 13 x 9 baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with cheese.
• Spoon corn muffin batter (prepared according to package directions), like dumplings over the top of the casserole. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until corn bread dumplings test done.

CROCK POT CHILI WITH CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Fry ground beef and onions in a large pan until beef loses its pinkness; drain.
• Place in crock pot with remaining ingredients, and stir.
• Simmer on low for 7 hours, then turn to high setting.
• To make dumplings, combine flour, cheddar cheese, cornmeal, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
• In a small bowl, mix beaten egg, milk, and oil.
• Add to flour mixture, and stir with a fork until just combined.
• Drop dumplings by tablespoonfuls into chili.
• Cover and cook for 50-60 minutes more.

THREE BEAN CHILI WITH DUMPLINGS (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, heat the oil and then add the onions, bell pepper and garlic, cover and cook until softened (3-5 minutes). Stir in tomato paste and chili powder and cook about 1 minute longer.
• Transfer mixture to slow cooker.
• Add tomatoes, beans and water to slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
• To make the dumplings: combine first 5 ingredients (flour -salt) in a bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients (corn - oil) until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX.
• Turn slow cooker on high and drop dumpling batter by spoonfuls over the chili.
• Cover and cook on high for 30-45 minutes or until dumplings are cooked through.

NOT QUITE CHILI!

Steps:

• Brown beef, onion, green pepper, and garlic.
• Drain.
• Stir in chili powder, cumin, tomato sauce, corn.
• Heat til slightly reduced (to a texture you like).
• Sprinkle with cheese and cover until melted.
• Serve alone or with fritos or tortillas.

DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mix together in a bowl the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Bring to just a simmer in a small saucepan the butter and milk.
• Add the milk mixture to the dry ingredients.
• Stir with a fork or kneed by hand 2 to 3 times until the mixture just comes together.
• Divide the dough into about 16 small puffy dumplings.
• Roll each piece of dough into a small rough ball.
• Gently lay the formed dumplings on the surface of your stew or soup.
• Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

CHILI WITH POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the beef, turkey and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the next 11 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. , In a large bowl, combine the first five dumpling ingredients. Add milk and egg; stir just until moistened. Let stand for 3 minutes., Drop by tablespoonfuls into simmering chili. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.